The message of Islam asks you to be intellectually, spiritually, socially, and politically independent.
Man is certainly free, but he is responsible for this freedom before God as before men. This responsibility is inevitably moral. In order of this morality, to be free is to protect the freedom of others and their dignities.
There is no faith, without a critical mind.
Always walking along despite the dangers and adversities, despite the injustices and horrors, trusting in God so as not to despair of men and events.
In sha Allah, God willing, must be the expression of humility of the active actors and it must never be the justification of the passive observers.
Terror will crash down on us if we fail to understand that a pluralistic society requires the personal and daily commitment of every citizen.
Ramadan is, in its essence, a month of humanist spirituality.
Our pluralist society must provide its citizens with the tools to understand religions, their symbols and their practices.
No civilisation can claim to have a monopoly on universal values and no one can claim to be always faithful to his own values.
Every country in Europe needs immigrants for its economic survival.
The only way to resist colonialism is through education.
In its haste to bolster nationalism, in its obsession with security, Europe is losing its soul.
I want to be an activist professor.
Violence against embassies and civilians must be categorically condemned. At the same time, we must attempt to understand why such events occur.
Fear and its accompanying emotional reactions have become part of the public mindset. Such reactions, while often legitimate, are also being exploited with increasing frequency for political ends.
Acknowledged differences may create mutual respect, but hazy misunderstandings bring forth nothing but prejudice and rejection.
Being Muslim has become synonymous with pointed questions, with tension and mistrust, even with conflict. It has become a global phenomenon with profound consequences for inter-communal relations, political rhetoric and policies at the local, regional, national and international level.
There is dignity in your being even if there’s indignity in what you’re doing.
We have to be the media when media is silent.
Muslims must decide, lest they end up divided by the very religion that calls upon them to unite.